Alfred Irving Hallowell

Background

Hallowell, Alfred Irving was born on December 28, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edgar Lloyd and Dorothy (Edsall) Hallowell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1914, Master of Arts, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1924, Honorary Doctor of Science 1963.

Career

Social worker, Philadelphia, 1914-1922. Instructor anthropology University of Pennsylvania, 1923-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1936, associate professor, 1936-1939, professor, 1939-1944, 47-63, now professor emeritus. Professor anthropology Northwestern University, 1944-1947.

Professor anthropology in psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Medical School, curator of social anthropology University of Pennsylvania Museum.

Guggenheim fellow, 1940-1941. Viking medalist in general anthropology, 1955.

Chairman division anthropology and psychology National Research Council, 1946-1949.

Achievements

• Alfred Irving Hallowell has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Philosophical Society, International Congress Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (member permanent council), American Folk Lore Society (past president), American Anthropological Association (president 1949), National Academy Science, Society for Personality Assessment (past president), Sigma XI. Club: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Maude Frame, October 17, 1942.

Father:

Edgar Lloyd Hallowell

Mother:

Dorothy (Edsall) Hallowell

Spouse:

Maude Frame